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Has anyone tried electric guitar through a Rumble 40w or 100w? Would they be ok as a guitar practice amp?
Not me, since I don't play guitar, but at the open mic/jam I sometimes do, the BL brings a 100 for one of the guitarists to use. Sounds great-and at pretty high volume.
I've tried it through my Rumble Studio 40 and Rumble 500 combo and, yes they are great for guitar. A very rich, full tone.
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Thanks! Second question to help me decide - is the 40 going to be enough for me? One of my bands has a regular outdoor acoustic gig. Quiet drummer (using brushes), 2 acoustic gats. Everything,except drums, goes through the PA but I feel like I need an amp for my own monitoring. The small foldback wedges aren't cutting it...
Cool little Rumble story:
I’ve played an Ampeg SVT-CL through a Ampeg 410HLF for a couple years in the same band. My lead guitarist always loved the tone. Can’t blame him. Great amp. Well a couple months ago it dies on me. At a gig. That’s part of having an all Tube amp. At some point in may happen. It was going to be pretty pricey to repair.
So I started gigging with my Stage 800 and bought it’s matched 210 ext cab. Been using it for a few months now. At first my guitarist had his doubts. He’s a tube amp guy. Plays some nice high end tube amps himself. He finally came to me after a gig last weekend and said “Man you know. I had my doubts about that Fender amp sounding as good as the SVT. But I gotta say it sounds really really good. I don’t think you need the SVT. Should keep using that rig.”
High praise from a great guitarist that is somewhat of a tube snob. Rock on Rumblers!
I’ve played an Ampeg SVT-CL through a Ampeg 410HLF for a couple years in the same band. My lead guitarist always loved the tone. Can’t blame him. Great amp. Well a couple months ago it dies on me. At a gig. That’s part of having an all Tube amp. At some point in may happen. It was going to be pretty pricey to repair.
So I started gigging with my Stage 800 and bought it’s matched 210 ext cab. Been using it for a few months now. At first my guitarist had his doubts. He’s a tube amp guy. Plays some nice high end tube amps himself. He finally came to me after a gig last weekend and said “Man you know. I had my doubts about that Fender amp sounding as good as the SVT. But I gotta say it sounds really really good. I don’t think you need the SVT. Should keep using that rig.”
High praise from a great guitarist that is somewhat of a tube snob. Rock on Rumblers!
Yes, eggsy, I would say the 40 should be great for outdoor acoustic gigs with a brushy drummer. I've played my Rumble Studio 40 outdoors with about 3 acoustic guitars, 2 (mature) electric guitars, keyboards and vocal PA, but no drummer, and never got up to halfway on the Master. I also play a Bluegrass Jam indoors once a month with, sometimes, over 20 acoustic instruments (guitars, mandolins, fiddles, sometimes a banjo, or two, and a dobro not nearly as often as we'd all like) and I'm usually the only bass and timekeeper. Try it! You'll like it.
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That is a very cool Rumble story, Rumbler #1123! You know, tube snobs also usually look down their noses at combos, too. So you've probably won your guitarist over on both counts!
BTW, any combo Rumblers feeling slighted by the head&cab clique can post a pic of their Rumble to join The Combo Club and take heart with the other ComboitesTM* there. Just tell 'em I sent ya and ..., uh, . . . . well, ... they might let ya in anyway.
*Yes, "Comboites" is a word coined and trademarked by the Fearless Leader, Rumbler #175, of The Combo Club.
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The 200c most likely! I use the same amp. I love it.
play my Les Paul through my 200c love the tone! Drips with pinch harmonics. I use an inexpensive boss pedal. I also have great PU’s. SD PG. I LOVE THE SVT TONE I GET WITH MY P BASS!!
If I were you I’d get a 500 for gigs and just leave the 100 at rehearsal.
Then either use the 500 or get a cheap headphone amp for at-home practice.
If you want to try modeling, the studio 40 could be your “head” to drive your 100, 500 AND headphones/at-home practice!
We have tried my r100c with guitars, sounded awesome after some EQ tweaking, specially using the overdrive channel!
*Chain most Rumbles FX Send to FX Return, but Stage & Studio must use FX Send to Instrument Input, or XLR Out to FX Return. Because their FX Send is fixed at low level.
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OK, I may be in need of more coffee or something but it seems to me like you are implying all of the amplifiers in those chain scenarios above will produce sound through their own speakers. I thought if you connect an effects send to another amp (through FX return or instrument in) only the second amp's power amplifier is getting any signal and making noise while the first amp acts as a preamp only. Which would be fine for many situations of course. Just curious if I understood your chains correctly. Or should I have read the wiki and realized you needed a split cable or something?
Meanwhile if I did connect say a Studio 40 via XLR out to another amp's FX return I would indeed expect to get sound from both the Studio 40's speaker and the speakers I have connected to the second amp.
EDITed because of a typo and because of being not caffeinated enough
Oh, well, let me clarify: Yes, a, all of the amplifiers in the chain scenarios above will produce sound through their own speakers. Period.
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I don't know about all other amps, but the Rumbles don't cutoff the power amp & speaker(s) by plugging in their FX Send. See the block diagram in the Rumble 40/100/200/500 manual linked at the bottom of the Rumble Reviews section of the Rumble Club Wiki page linked in my signature. The Rumble FX Send simply splits the signal and the rest of the amp continues to function normally.
However, that same block diagram does show a switch on the FX Return that disconnects the pre-amp, including Master Volume, from the power amp and speaker(s), so that the FX Return is the only signal being amplified by that amp. That's what gives the first amp total control, including volume, of the second amp. Simple and sweet.
Correct, and that is exactly what Bill Thorsberg did in his recent post raving about the results.
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Ah, 37th a, have another cup of coffee and mull this over. Then get back to us. BTW, do you have a Rumble? Thinking of getting one? I don't see you on the membership list, . . . . yet. Am I overlooking something in my yet-to-be-caffinated stupor this morning? 
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Ah, 37th a, have another cup of coffee and mull this over. Then get back to us. BTW, do you have a Rumble? Thinking of getting one? I don't see you on the membership list, . . . . yet. Am I overlooking something in my yet-to-be-caffinated stupor this morning?
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Thanks G-Dog! I'm happy with that very thorough answer
Also I moved from coffee to beer already since it is Saturday afternoon for me and yes, I am starting to feel properly awake now... I had a Rumble 40 but sold it to an old friend who came back to bass after a long break last summer. I was selling a bass that had too narrow a neck for my preference and since she also needed an amp we agreed on a deal with the bass, the Rumble and some accessories. I had started using a separate head and 1x12 cabinet by another company earlier when I thought going modular was a better solution in the long run anyway and had decided the 12" sounded more to my liking than the 10" of the Rumble 40.
However, I've been really curious about the Studio 40 / Stage 800 since they came out. So I guess I should not say I am Rumbleless but rather I'm in between Rumbles...
I realize I just said I preferred a 12 inch over the 10 inch Rumble 40 but I did not mention the 12 has a tweeter while Rumble 40 doesn't. This detail is fixed in the Studio 40 of course...
Thanks G-Dog! I'm happy with that very thorough answer
I had a Rumble 40 but sold it to an old friend who came back to bass after a long break last summer. I was selling a bass that had too narrow a neck for my preference and since she also needed an amp we agreed on a deal with the bass, the Rumble and some accessories. I had started using a separate head and 1x12 cabinet by another company earlier when I thought going modular was a better solution in the long run anyway and had decided the 12" sounded more to my liking than the 10" of the Rumble 40.
However, I've been really curious about the Studio 40 / Stage 800 since they came out. So I guess I should not say I am Rumbleless but rather I'm in between Rumbles...
Cheers, a! If considering the Studio or Stage please be aware that their FX Send is fixed at a low level and is not suitable for gig-level chaining to another amps FX Return. It's OK for practice, but does not get the second amp loud unless you plug in to its instrument input and adjust its volume accordingly! So, the second amp needs to be set for flat EQ and low, or no, gain because it can otherwise mess up the modeled sound.
But, the second amp, in this case, assuming a non-modeling Rumble, is now available to have its FX Send connected to the FX Return of a third amp! Thus the 3-amp chaining in my original list of examples to @Hambone70 on the previous page.
Best wishes in the quest for your next Rumble, a.
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It's not close enough that I go by it in my normal "travels" but it's not all that far away and I've gone there occasionally. When I've seen live music there, the band is always set up in a corner of the restaurant area where they normally have tables and I've never see the tables moved out of the way and equipment there unless a band was playing. But it's also not a big enough deal that I have to find out before we do another open mic night. We're planning on going back so I'll just take a look next time.The open mic venue not nearby where you can just casually drop in to "see if you left something there"?
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Dang, that's impressive. You Rumblites are SERIOUS!
... .. . Dang, that's impressive. You Rumblites are SERIOUS!
M'yeah, we're cirrus. And don't you beget it. M'yeah.
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I'm 55 years old and I'm always surprised by (ashamed of?
) of how often something I hear or see reminds me of old Bugs Bunny cartoons....
